the poor as all countries in Asia, Africa, or Latin America with a gross national ... and the share of the world’s population contained within these poor countries rose ... of world grain imports (including food aid) in 1993. The poor countries of South Asia

Estimates derived from official population and national income data of respective countries, as reported to the United Nations. ~I From Table 3, World Agricultural ... wholesale or export prices in major exporting countries (e.g., Canada for wheat ... ea Latin America Africa and West Far East, less Japan11 Asia Communist Asia Total Northern Area

hand, significant gain in life expectancy by South Asiancountries can be explained ... and Central Asiancountries experienced significant increases in the incidence of poverty ... East Asia and Pacific Europe and Central Asia Life Expectancy Latin America and Caribbean Middle East and North Africa South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Year Developing Countries

than Asian developing countries, but average holdings are far larger in LAC and land ... Middle East & North Africa South Asia East Asia All Least & Pacific Developing developed Countriescountries Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) Rural population (% of total population) Agriculture value added per worker (constant 1995 US$) Agricultural exports ... Developing countries and regions show a great variety of growth patterns

(% of total land area)8 Percentage of population with access to improved water2 Percentage of population with access to improved sanitation3 East Asia & Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Low ... 2. The data on access to an improved water source measure the share of the population ... one kilometre of the dwelling. 3. The share of the population with at least adequate private

of chronically undernourished people live in the Asia-Pacific region, although the number ... of the population). However, hunger remains especially severe in South Asia (Figure 2). In Sub ... of the total population) are chronically undernourished. At least 2 billion suffer from vitamin

24 years old7 year year year year year year East Asia & Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa South Asia Sub-Saharan ... divided by the mid year population. GNI per capita in US dollars is converted using the World Bank Atlas method. 5. Gross National Income divided by mid year population ... and unemployment differ by country.